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Mobile phones Afghanistan’s top success story
KABUL, April 9: Tucked into a turban, slipped into a suit or hidden under a burqa — the mobile phone has become an essential item for more than one million Afghans in the country’s top economic success story.... 
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Iraq condemns Egypt president’s remarks
CAIRO, April 9: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a major broker in Middle East politics, sparked Shia fury across the region on Sunday after suggesting that Iraq’s majority community was under the sway of Iran....
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Hungary holds first election after joining EU
BUDAPEST, April 9: Polling stations opened on Sunday in Hungary’s first parliamentary elections since joining the European Union, with economic concerns casting a shadow over a poll that could be decided by only a few votes....
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US warned by N. Korea of pre-emptive strike
SEOUL, April 9: North Korea’s defence chief has lashed out at hostile US policy towards Pyongyang and warned the communist country could also launch a pre-emptive attack on Washington....
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Democracy in Russia under attack
WASHINGTON: The debate is over: Russia is not a democracy. President Vladimir Putin has weakened checks and balances within the state, diminished political and legal transparency, and made it impossible for independent media, political parties or nongovernmental groups to flourish....
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‘It’s going to take awhile to digest this’: A chilling examination of genocide
ARUSHA (Tanzania): Attorney Barbara Mulvaney has spent three years prosecuting the accused mastermind of the Rwanda genocide. But her most personal contact with him came only recently, when he casually testified...
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Communists shrug off Marx, look to future
PRAGUE: A statue of Karl Marx still greets visitors to the headquarters of the Czech Communist Party but the party’s message ahead of June elections is clear — the ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’ will not come back....
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Controversy may sap Bush’s credibility
WASHINGTON: Ever since he began running for president, George W. Bush has told Americans that he is a ‘plain-spoken man’, a leader who would never play games with words....
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Reliving the tragedy of 9/11
LOS ANGELES: Ken Nacke approached the private screening of United 93 at a Newark, New Jersey, movie theatre on Saturday with more than a little trepidation....
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US defers talks with Iran on Iraq
WASHINGTON, April 9: Washington will wait until Iraqis establish a new government before opening talks with Tehran on Iran’s role in Iraq, US Ambassador to Baghdad Zalmay Khalilzad said on Sunday....
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Israel takes more steps to punish Hamas govt
AL QUDS, April 9: Israel ratcheted up the pressure on the new Hamas-led Palestinian government on Sunday, banning all contacts and vowing to boycott foreign diplomats who meet its ministers....
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Protests spread in Nepal
KATHMANDU, April 9: Violent protests against the king spread across Nepal on Sunday as a third person was shot dead by troops and thousands of activists defied a curfew to burn government vehicles and clash with police....
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Islam is not against democracy, say Imams
VIENNA, April 9: European Imams meeting in Vienna have pledged to work harder to prove that Islam is compatible with democracy and that the majority of Muslims living in the West support human rights, free speech and pluralism....
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Iraqis remember the fall of Saddam
BAGHDAD, April 9: Iraq on Sunday marked the third anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, with hundreds of Shias expressing joy at the ouster of the former dictator while...
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